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‘It was spooky’: folk singer Olivia Chaney on how a song reflecting her own Brontë-ish love triangle wound up in Wuthering Heights

Offsetting Charli xcx, Chaney’s take on 19th-century ballad Dark Eyed Sailor accompanies Margot Robbie on the moors – but it’s just a tiny part of her culture-crossing, history-vaulting musical catalogue

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Le Poème Harmonique: Hail! Bright Cecilia album review – Purcell’s ode shines in luxurious French recording

Vincent Dumestre and his radiant ensemble bring theatrical flair and exquisite detail to a joyous celebration of England’s patron saint of the baroque

The Guardian - UK

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

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The Indian Queen review – musical wit, fratricide and crested adders as the Sixteen play Purcell

Rollicking orchestral hornpipes and vigorous trumpet tunes accompany a sterling vocal cast for Purcell’s final – and unfinished – semi-opera

The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: On the Death of Mr Purcell by John Dryden

The death of the English composer at a young age inspired this ode by his collaborator in theatrical productions of the 1690s

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: a Schubert first and a Scottish-Mexican love affair

Sakuntala Trio’s excellent debut album includes a completion of Schubert’s first string trio. And Jamie MacDougall and Mr McFall’s Chamber revel in songs and chamber music from Mexico

The Guardian - UK

Explained: The music theory behind songs from Deadmau5, Floating Points and Frankie Knuckles

Let’s find out how progressions, melodies and compositional techniques have been deployed in electronic music from successful artists

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The grisly deaths of the great composers show how some met an unfortunate end

From murders to parasitic disease and sexually transmitted infections, here’s how some of the most celebrated classical composers in history met their makers

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Bath BachFest review – effervescence and exuberance, recycling and a rarity

Francesco Corti, directing from the harpsichord, brought virtuosity to an all-Bach programme with English Concert that closed this year’s festival; while in a morning recital, Ruby Hughes and Fretwork illuminated Purcell’s songs

The Guardian - UK

Harry Christophers’ Sixteen choir and orchestra review – music for turbulent times

Purcell’s Welcome Songs and music written for the coronation of James II provided a pertinent lesson

The Guardian - UK

A ringing coda: the music at the Queen’s funeral was both solemn and sublime

As well as the time-honoured 18th-century Sentences and familiar hymns, Westminster Abbey heard superb new work by Judith Weir and James MacMillan

The Guardian - UK

Classical home listening: The Hibernian Muse; Mariam Batsashvili’s Romantic Piano Masters

The Irish Baroque Orchestra enjoy forgotten music by Cousser and Purcell, while Liszt dominates on Mariam Batsashvili’s outstanding second album

The Guardian - UK

Antiques Roadshow viewers baffled as Bristol plaque with ‘c*** old lyrics’ is valued at £80,000

"The fact that this is in a pub in Bristol, leads me to think that as an English Delft plaque, it could well be a Bristol plaque"

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